Murrow recruited a number of newsmen and women to CBS during his years as a correspondent, European news chief, and executive.

Many of his World War II recruits came from the United Press news agency, and several lacked radio experience.

[3] The initial team of war correspondents was assigned to fronts across Europe, and frequently appeared on the CBS World News Roundup, which Murrow and Shirer pioneered in 1938.

All three had difficulty finding working mobile transmitters, and no correspondents of any network were able to report live from the Normandy front until over a week after the initial landings.

They had significant autonomy in filing reports, and while they had been influential in developing the field of radio news broadcasting, they were reluctant to make the transition to television.

The Murrow Boys earned far more working in radio than they could in television, and they resented the process of lights, cameras, makeup, and other aspects of TV broadcasting.

[21] After World War II, Murrow returned to New York and briefly served as CBS's vice president for public affairs.

He later joined CNN, and was a senior news analyst for National Public Radio, often delivering commentaries in the Murrow mold, until his death on July 23, 2010.